Mounting for panels



L. G. HUNTER MOUNTING FOR PANEL Sept. 3, 1940'.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 28,- .1938

Sept. 3, 1940. L. G. HUNTER I 42,213,315

' 1 moumme FOR PANEL I Filed Oct. 2a, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 "10 2-2 of Fig. 1;

20 6-6 of Fig. III which engages on the outward surface of the 20 85 sealis necessary at the windows of the car. The of the panel adjacent -its edge and the mem- 35 5 3 which normally. will be of glass. For the sake at an end wall l5 which is adapted to'engage the 45 55 'used relatively and not in a limiting sense. the strip which will cause the skirt to be forced 55 I Patented Seph3, I v,

UNITED;- STATES PATENT orrlca MOUNTING FOR PANELS Lytle Gale Hunter, Flushing, N. Y., assignor to Hunter Sash Company, Inc., Flushing, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 28, 1938, Serial No. 237,455

3 Claims. (01. 1s9 7s) This inventionrelates to a ovel and improved The panel 3 is preferably larger than the openform of mountingfor panels, t e novel features of ing 2 which it closes, and it bears against the which will be best understood from the following backing member-'4 of the frame, being separated description and the annexed drawings, in which therefrom by a suitable cushioning member 5.

5 I have shown a selected embodiment of the inoutwardly of the panel the frame is provided withc vention and in which: a peripheral shelf 6 which is shown as being Fig. l is a face view of a frame having my inspaced from-the edge of the panel by a cushion I. vention applied thereto; Disposed in front of the panel and spaced from Fig. 2 is a section approximately on the line 7 the adjacent edge of the shelf 6 is a member 8 which, with the shelf 6, defines a'throat through 10 Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the rubber strip used which is forced the foot 9 of a strip of rubber. I in the practice of the invention and in its nor- The material of the strip should be resilient and 11181 cflndition; l compressible, and softrubber is the best known Fig. 4 is a cross-section approximately on the material-for the purpose. Therefore, for the sake 5 line 4-4 of Fig. 1 but showing the stri'p of Fig, 3 of convenience of expression, I shall define the in the stage of being inserted in position; strip as rubber, although it is to be understood Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing that any other material which may be found apa different use of the invention; plicable may be employed in place of rubber.

Fls- 6 is a section. approximately on the line The foot 9,as shown in Flsh a Surface Fig. 7 is aview on the same plane as Fig. 6 shelf 16. The strip is also providedwith'a head but showing certain of the parts in difierent posiii having a surface I! normally forming an acute $10118; angle with respectto the surfaceill, as shown Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a in Fig. 3. The strip is forced through the throat slightly different form of strip. v in some such manner as shown in Fig. 4 and as 25 The subject matter of thisapplication repremore fully shown in my'aforesaid prior patent... .sents certain improvements and developments of and the result is that the surfaces l0 and I! are the invention of my prior Patent "1,891,932, in forced to take a position at'about right angles. which is shown a rubber strip having a peculiar to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, thus settingup form and which has been found very successful in an internal compression and a distortion of the 30 holding a panel in place in a sash or other frame. section, which greatly aids in holding the panel- -The invention of that patent has been found parin place. Substantial compression, both internal ticularly useful in sashes'for railroad cars, parand external, is present in the strip between the ticularly the air-conditioned cars where atight" shelf 6 and the member 8 and between the face form of strip illustrated in this application is of her 8. particular use with railroad car windows, either While under many conditions a thoroughly efwhere a single panel is used or where a double fectiveseal is provided 'with the arrangement depanel is employed. scribed above and shown in my aforesaid pat- 40 Referring first to Figs'..1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein ent, nevertheless I find that in-some situations. a 40 I have shown the invention as used with a single more eifective seal is obtained by providing the -/panel, I have indicated a frame I which. may be strip with arskirt l3 integral with the head and 'a window sash of any suitable form and whichextending adjacent the foot but separated therehas therethrough an opening ,2 closed by a.panel froni by a narrow slot' ll. This slot terminates of convenience, the center of the panel will be edge of the member 8;

taken as a reference point and the structure will In operation, the panel is put in position againstbe described" with reference thereto, using the thev cushions. and then the foot of the strip is word "outwardly as meaning a lateral direction inserted through the throat and at the same time from the'center of .thepanel and substantially in the lower edge of the skirt is bent outwardlyv in 50 the plane thereof. The outside surface of the some such manner as shown in Fig. 4, so tha't it 7 panelwillbereferred to as its face and theinwill slide down the front face of the member ,8. side surface thereof as its back. It will be un- In so doing, the skirt l8 and the foot 9 aregsepderstood, of course, that these terms are merely rate u Setting up a furthercompr ss fi m tightly against the face of" the member 8 and will also probably add to the pressure against the face of the panel. As set forth in my aforesaid patent, the foot will-press securely against the outer surface of the shelf 6, and a pressure will be exerted against the member 8 which, in connection with the pressure of the skirt l3, will insure a thoroughly tight seal between the frame and the panel.

' The structure described above has been found to be particularly useful where the skirt is disposed on the outside of a window on a railroad car, and it has also beenfound useful in the situation illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

Referring to these figures, I have shown the invention as used in connection with a double panel wherein a frame I of any suitable construction may have a panel 3 mounted therein in thesame general manner as described above. Similar parts have been given similar numerals in these figures and. their details will not be described a second time. In this particular instance, however, I have shown the strip as having a slightly wider slot l4, and I have shown the skirt l3 as provided with two ribs li'extende ing lengthwise thereof, for a purpose which will presently appear.

Hinged to the frame is a sash I! having an opening l8 shown as in line with the opening 2 andwhich is closed by a panel IS. The sash has a peripheral shelf corresponding in function to the shelf 6, and the panel I9 is held in place by a rubber strip 2| which may be of a form of strip shown in my aforesaid prior patent.- Likewise, the strip 2| is held in place between the shelf 20 and a member 22 which, with the shelf 20, forms a throat acting in the same way as the throat between the shelf 6 and member 8.

l referably,'the members 8 and22 are'parallel' and closely adjacent each other, and the skirt l3' is disposed in the space between these members. The sash is hinged tothe frame along one edge of the sash, as indicated at 23, and along" the other edges of the sash it may be tightly secured to the frame as by screws 24. The space V between the membersB and 22 is so designed-with respect to the hinge and the screws that when I found that this construction is particularly advantageous where air-conditioned cars are used. with such cars it is thought desirable to have two panels providing an air space therebetween. Trouble. has been experienced, however, in pre venting moisture from entering such space, but

. with this invention a tight seal is provided which will effectively prevent moisture from getting in between the panels. Similarly, when for any reason, for example cleaning the panels, it is desired to obtain access to the space between the panels, this may be readily done. by taking out the screws 24 and moving the sash outwardly on its hinge, as shown in Fig. 7. 'Then, after the glass panels are cleaned, the sash may be swung back into position and secured. Then, if desired, the air between the panels may be conditioned in any known way, such, for example, as the way illustrated and claimed in the copending application of Fenley Hunter, Ser. No. 69,640, filed March 19, 1936. The details of such conditioning means is not necessary to an understanding of the invention claimed herein and therefore they have been omitted from this application.

Another advantage of the use of the skirt I! or I3 is that it not only acts as a seal but also covers any inaccuracies in the edge over which itextends. This edge maybe formed 'of several layers of material, as indicated. and the edges of the layers may not be in line with each other, but nevertheless the skirt will effectively cover all of them and furnish an effective seal. i

While I have shown the invention as embodied in a specific form, it is to be understood that various changes in details may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a frame having an opening therein, a panel disposed in said opening, said frame comprising a member in front of said panel adjacent the edge thereof and spaced therefrom, a rubber strip compressed between said panel and said member, a'backing against which said panel is forced by said compression,.said strip having thereon an integral foot and skirt normally separated from each other by a narrow slot in the strip, said foot being received in a recess in the frame outwardly of the edge of the panel and said skirtbeing disposed against the face of said member-and thus forced away from said foot.

2. Incombination, a frame having an opening therein,.a panel disposed in said opening, said frame comprising a member in front of said panel adjacent the edge thereof and spaced therefrom,

a rubber strip compressed between said panel and saidmember, a backing against which said panel is forced by said compression, said strip having' a head, foot and skirt integral therewith, said head having asurface engaging the face of said panel adjacent the edge thereof and said foot having a surface disposed outwardly adjacent the edge of said paneL-said surfaces normally making an acute angle with respect to each other but when in. place being forced away from each other, said skirt nornially being closely adjacent'said foot but when in place being'disposed against the face of saidmember and thus forced away from said foot.

3. A strip of resilient rubber adapted to hold apanel in a frame and comprising a head and a foot having surfaces at an acute angle to each other and a skirt integral with the .head and extending adjacent the foot but separated therefrom by a narrow slot.

" LYTLE GALE HUNTER. 

